"as a test subject, is temporarily rendered weightless. Thereafter Asterix and Obelix consult Psychoanalytix (original French name is ""Amnesix""), a druid who specializes in mental disorders; but when asked to demonstrate what caused the problem, Obelix crushes Psychoanalytix with a menhir, leaving Psychoanalytix ""in the same state as Getafix"". As the two crazed druids concoct a number of skin-coloring magic potions, Asterix tries to get Vitalstatistix into good physical shape for the fight, mainly by jogging. Meanwhile, the Romans plan to arrest Cassius after the fight, lest he thereafter challenge their control of Gaul. As the fight begins, Getafix accidentally"
"Astérix. Before that, he was also the mascot of the magazine ""Pilote"". Asterix is a diminutive but fearless and cunning warrior, ever eager for new adventures. He lives around 50 BC in a fictional village in northwest Armorica (a region of ancient Gaul mostly equivalent to modern Brittany). This village is celebrated as the only part of Gaul still not conquered by Julius Caesar and his Roman legions. The inhabitants of the village gain superhuman strength by drinking a magic potion prepared by the druid, Getafix (). The village is surrounded by, on one side, the ocean, and on the"
"Obelix Obelix (; ) is a cartoon character and protagonist in the French comic book series Asterix. He works as a menhir sculptor and deliveryman, and is Asterix's best friend. Obelix is noted for his fatness, the menhirs he carries around on his back and his superhuman strength. He fell into a cauldron of the Gauls' magic potion when he was a baby, causing him to be the only Gaul in Asterix's village who is in a permanent state of superhuman strength. Because of this already enormous strength, Obelix is not allowed to drink the magic potion ever again, a"
"this is inconsistent with the comic ""Obelix and Co."", where only Obelix's birthday is celebrated). He generally works as a menhir delivery man. His passions in life are hanging around with Asterix, hunting and eating wild boar, making and carrying his menhirs, and beating up Roman legionnaries (and occasionally collecting their helmets). Obelix has a little dog named Dogmatix (Fr. ""Idéfix""), whom he adores. His parents live now in Condate (as seen in ""Asterix and the Actress"") and his distant cousin Metallurgix, a golden sickle maker, lives in Lutetia (as seen in ""Asterix and the Golden Sickle""). Obelix's favourite food"
"Obelix's name is a pun on the French word ""obélisque"" (obelisk), suggested by rotund physique and his habit of casually carrying heavy stone monuments (Menhir) around with him. In fact ""obelisk"" is also (in both French and English) a variant of the word obelus (""obèle""), a typographical mark (""†"") often found in a companion role to that of the asterisk, after which his friend Asterix is named. Obelix Obelix (; ) is a cartoon character and protagonist in the French comic book series Asterix. He works as a menhir sculptor and deliveryman, and is Asterix's best friend. Obelix is noted"
"it with sticks believing it to be a devil or monster. The fishmonger (according to one version of the story) eventually returned looking for his lost crab, and when he saw the commotion, picked up the crab and continued on his way to spread the story about the simple folk of Shapwick. The story was cemented in verse and pictures in 1841 by the artist Buscall Fox, and today the legend is commemorated on a story board on display at the Anchor Inn, and also in the name of Crab Farm, which has a weathervane showing the crab and villagers."
"from spreading their rebellious ideas through Gaul. Asterix bets that he and Obelix will escape the village and go on a tour of Gaul, collecting regional culinary specialties for a banquet upon their return. Overanxius promises to raise the stockade if they succeed. Asterix maps out a route, while Obelix fetches a large bag to hold their shopping. The two break through the stockade, while the other villagers create a diversion by attacking the barricade on another front. Overanxius has a rider despatched to alert the entire occupation army to be on the lookout for the pair. Rotomagus (Rouen): Asterix"
"Asterix (character) Asterix (; ) is a fictional character and the titular hero of the French comic book series ""Asterix"". The series portrays him as a diminutive but fearless Gaulish warrior living in the time of Julius Caesar's Gallic Wars. Asterix was created in 1959 by writer René Goscinny and illustrator Albert Uderzo. Since then, thirty-five books in the series have been released, with Uderzo taking over writing duties after the death of Goscinny in 1977. Asterix has also appeared in several animated and live-action film adaptations of the series, and serves as the mascot of the amusement park Parc"
"other by four unlucky Roman garrisons, intended to keep a watchful eye and ensure that the Gauls do not get up to mischief. Asterix' parents are former villagers who now live in the city of Condatum (Rennes), and he has cousins in Britannia (Britain). He shares his birthday with his clumsy, oversized, but extremely strong and good-hearted best friend, Obelix. Asterix is one of the smartest and most sensible members of the village, and so he is usually chosen for any dangerous, important or exotic mission. Unlike most of the other villagers, he does not start or join brawls for"
"the disguise of a man, after he refused to take her with him. Despite being angry, he reluctantly keeps her amongst his crew. Meanwhile, in the rebel village of Gauls, the villagers welcome the arrival of chief Vitalstatistix's nephew Justforkix, who is to be trained to be a man. However his nephew is more interested in chasing girls, using a bird to send messages to them, and is a vegetarian, much to the dismay of Obelix, who can't get him to try wild boar. Both he and Asterix decide to train him to be a warrior, but have little success"
"sophistication of the main ""Asterix"" creative team, and have little or no editing for continuity. Although widely translated (not by the regular English translators of the ""Asterix"" comics), these comics did not become very popular, and are mostly forgotten. These works (English editions) also contain many glaring mistakes. The Chief's wife is referred to as ""Bacteria"" while her actual name is Impedimenta. Bacteria is the name of the fishmonger's wife in the English editions In 1983, an attempt was made to revive the series with two new stories. These were translated by Derek Hockridge and Anthea Bell, who were the"
"by drinking a magic potion brewed by the local village druid, Getafix. His chief is Vitalstatistix. The main protagonist and hero of the village is Asterix, who, because of his shrewdness, is usually entrusted with the most important affairs of the village. He is aided in his adventures by his rather fat and slower thinking friend, Obelix, who, because he fell into the druid's cauldron of the potion as a baby, has permanent superhuman strength (because of this, Getafix steadily refuses to allow Obelix to drink the potion, as doing so would have a dangerous and unpredictable result). Obelix is"
"Asterix and the Cauldron Asterix and the Cauldron is the thirteenth volume of the Asterix comic book series, by René Goscinny (stories) and Albert Uderzo (illustrations). It was first serialized in the magazine"" Pilote"", issues 469-491, in 1968, and translated into English in 1976. The book introduces Chief Whosemoralsarelastix, the chief of a neighboring Gaulish village: a miser who often does business with the Romans. When the Romans levy new taxes, Whosemoralsarelastix asks the people of Asterix's village to guard a cauldron full of sestertii, ostensibly to keep the money away from the imminent visit of the Roman tax collectors."
"for Asterix's village, Goscinny left the decision entirely to Uderzo, only stipulating it should be near the sea in case the characters needed to travel by boat. Uderzo had no hesitation in choosing Brittany. Uderzo began a successful career as an artist in Paris after the war ended in 1945, with creations such as ""Flamberge"" and also ""Clopinard"", a small one-legged old man who triumphs against the odds. From 1947 to 1948 he created some other comics, such as ""Belloy"" and ""Arys Buck"". Throughout some more creations and travelling for the next few years, he eventually met René Goscinny in"
"the important scallop ports in Europe. Erquy and two other harbours, Saint-Quay-Portrieux and Loguivy-de-la-Mer/Paimpol, organise every year and in turn a scallop festival : ""La Fête de la Coquille Saint-Jacques"". The next edition of this festival, usually set on the last weekend of April, will take place in Erquy on 15th and 16th April 2017. The cartoonist Albert Uderzo is said to have used the region as inspiration for the village in the Asterix series. However, he has never confirmed or denied the rumours. Erquy Erquy (, Gallo: ""Erqi"") is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern"
"Get to?"" (1973) and commissioner Florimond Faroux in the series ""Nestor Burma"". A famous voice actor, he moonlighted as village chief Vitalstatistix in animated films ""Asterix le Gaul"" (1967), ""Asterix and Cleopatra"" (1968) and ""The Twelve Tasks of Asterix"" (1976). He later voiced Averell Dalton in Lucky Luke animated films ""Daisy Town"" (1971) and ""La Ballade des Dalton"" (1978) and ""Lucky Luke the Lucky Cowboy"" (1983). He also voiced Obelix in four other animated films of Asterix, these include ""Asterix Versus Caesar"" (1985), ""Asterix in Britain"" (1986), ""Asterix and the Big Fight"" (1989) and ""Asterix Conquers America"" (1994). He was"
"He's most often referred to as ""One of those really ugly fish."" He doesn't speak too often, aside from belching, and has a habit of eating stuff found on the bottom of the sea. Before Fillmore and Sherman discovered this, they thought he was singing opera, but they later discovered that he had swallowed a radio. In earlier strips he was less ugly and could talk, once being shown doing a Groucho Marx impression. In another strip he pulled a gun on the other characters for making fun of him. One of his few speaking lines was a shrill, ""AAGH!"
"be drawn. Although his name can be translated as “Master Clam” and in his biography he is said to have eaten both shrimp and clams, Xianzi is always painted holding a shrimp in his hand and never a clam. Additionally, he is frequently painted with his fishing net in one hand to show that he caught his prey himself. His beard is always painted with blurry grey brushstrokes, and although his robes are always relatively simple and never decorated or elaborate, sometimes they more closely resemble the traditional robes of monk, rather than those of a peasant. His humble lifestyle"
"is roast wild boar which he usually hunts with Asterix, but he has a voracious appetite, and will try eating nearly anything with few exceptions; in ""Asterix and Obelix All at Sea"" and ""Asterix in Britain"" he seems to not like boiled boar. In fact, he eats nuts and oysters in the shell, and is completely oblivious to drugs, spicy food and poison, possibly due to the permanent effects of the magic potion. However, when he consumes alcohol, he gets very drunk very quickly, as seen for example in ""Asterix in Britain"" where he enjoys sampling different barrels of wine"
"works as a playground monitor at the elementary school. She also has a fairly obvious crush on Lowly. It is also revealed that she's allergic to roses. She is around 6 years old. Jason the Mason: a pig mason who specializes in building brick foundations and chimneys. Although skilled at his trade, he is somewhat clumsy. Sawdust the Carpenter: a cat carpenter who builds houses. He sometimes works alone and sometimes with several apprentices. Fred: A squid who runs a fish and chips business. Doctor Lion: a lion doctor who runs both a private practice and works at the Busytown"
"translator best known for her English versions of the ""Asterix"" comic books. Adrian Bell Adrian Bell (4 October 1901 – 1980) was an English ruralist journalist and farmer, and the first compiler of ""The Times"" crossword. The son of a newspaper editor, Bell was born in London and educated at Uppingham School in Rutland. At the age of 19 he ventured into the countryside in Hundon, Suffolk, to learn about agriculture, and he farmed in various locations over the next sixty years, until his death in September 1980. His work on farms included the rebuilding of a near-derelict smallholding at"
"fishermen are descended. An old fishers village, Audresselles has kept its characteristic features: its long houses with a colored strip along the lower part of the walls, in the village center, and some villas of the ""Belle Époque"" in front of the English Channel. Professional fishing families still live in Audresselles, and one of them uses the village sand beach to land its ship. The traditional flobarts (little truncated drakkars) are still used by the holiday yachtsmen. The town has given its name to the blue European lobster. Gulls, cormorants, jackdaws, loons, mallards, bitterns, sandpipers, snipes, oystercatchers, herons, curlews, egrets,"
"vegetables. He is occasionally guilty of poaching a salmon, sometimes for himself, but often as a gift or bribe for others. Hamish has a reputation for laziness. He loves the town of Lochdubh (meaning 'black lake' (loch) in Gaelic and pronounced Lokh-DOO) and is content and at peace with his life and lacks ambition. Of great concern to Hamish and his fellow villagers is the threat of possible closure of Lochdubh's police station, something his superior and archenemy, Chief Inspector Blair, would like to see. Hamish avoids promotion, occasionally even deliberately destroying attempts to give him recognition for his accomplishments."
"the cauldron; and Asterix catches an onion-like scent on the coins, recalling that the cauldron had previously been used for cooking onion soup, and thus proving that these are the very coins seized from Asterix's care. At Whosemoralsarelastix's village, on a high cliff at the coast, Asterix confronts Whosemoralsarelastix with the onion-smelling money, having correctly guessed that Whosemoralsarelastix stole back his own money in the hope that Asterix, to repay the supposed debt, would reimburse him. Here, Asterix and Whosemoralsarelastix duel with their swords (Asterix having exhausted the magic potion granting him superior strength), while Obelix repels Whosemoralsarelastix's followers. When"
"Gaulish countryside to a hilltop by the sea. There, he meets up with Obelix, who tells him that Dogmatix is still nowhere to be found. They learn from the Roman agent that their fellow villagers have been kidnapped by the Romans. Asterix and Obelix then follow him to a dock, where he points out two barges far off in the distance, and mentions that their friends are probably being held prisoner aboard them. Farther up the path, the secret agent finds Dogmatix, and Obelix's beloved pet joins the duo in their Roman-bashing antics. Asterix and Obelix then fight off many"
"ashore in sacks. Asterix and Obelix get out when a Roman patrol is passing by, but they beat up the Romans and escape. Eventually, Asterix and Obelix reach the stockade outside their village and, after beating up the Romans yet again, give them a message to tell Overanxius they have won their side of the bet. That night, Asterix shows the food and wine to Overanxius and Lotuseatus, before demonstrating the village's specialty, 'the uppercut', which knocks out Overanxius. Moments before the punch, Dogmatix barks for the first time, making Obelix notice him. Dogmatix is given a bone and the"
"a farm. The two hamlets form one of Essex’s oldest fishing villages and the area was once renowned as a smuggling centre. This included being home to one of the more famous smugglers in the region, ""Hard Apple"", who was actually the parish councillor and local constable ""William Blyth"". Admiralty records show that the celebrated vessel HMS ""Beagle"", in which Charles Darwin circumnavigated the world, ended its days as a static ship in the river near Paglesham Eastend, guarding against smugglers. It is speculated that the keel of the vessel may yet survive, buried in the mud of the riverbank."
"a rebellious character who missed church one Sunday to go fishing in the River Wear. In many versions of the story, while walking to the river, or setting up his equipment, John receives warnings from an old man (or a witch – depending on who tells the story) that no good can come from missing church. John Lambton does not catch anything until the church service finishes, at which point he fishes out a small eel- or lamprey-like creature with nine holes on each side of its salamander-like head. Depending on the version of the story, the worm is no"
"no neighbours there and no children to play with but his twin, Discharge Charlie. Oscar’s brother was called ‘Discharge’ because he was always throwing fish guts into the Bluewater River to attract a sturgeon. He always wanted to see what might be in a fish’s belly. He knew they were big enough to swallow a canoe, a coyote or even a relative. He found all sorts of things in trout and other small fish including a jack knife, several coins and a still-ticking Timex watch. He thought he found Poolhall Mike’s thumb in a catfish once but everyone knew Mike"
"often seen doing something interesting in the background and occasionally fulfills an important part of the plot. In the words of the authors, Dogmatix is the only known ""canine ecologist"": he loves trees and howls in distress whenever one is damaged. Despite his small size, he is quite fearless. He has drunk the magic potion on a number of occasions, but his favourite treat is to 'chew a bone'. A dog similar to Dogmatix appeared in page 28 of Asterix & the Golden Sickle. Dogmatix first appears in ""Asterix and the Banquet"". Sitting outside a butcher's shop in Lutetia, he"
"Gaul for their victory banquet, where Obelix gives a demonstration of Spanish dancing and singing, to the annoyance of blacksmith Fulliautomatix (the latter muttering ""A fish, a fish, my kingdom for a fish!"") and the delight of Cacofonix. On Goodreads, ""Asterix in Spain"" has a score of 4.09 out of 5. Asterix in Spain Asterix in Spain (, ""Asterix in Hispania"") is the fourteenth volume of the Asterix comic book series, by René Goscinny (stories) and Albert Uderzo (illustrations). It was originally serialized in ""Pilote"" magazine, issues 498-519, in 1969, and translated into English in 1971. Upon learning that a"
"Elmer Drimsdale, saying he ""lives on the edge"". William Sturgeon, aka ""The Fish"" - The Headmaster. He cares greatly about the students but does not often show it, except to the parents. He and his wife live on the school grounds in their own home. His nickname comes from the cold, fishy stare he can use on his students. Mildred Sturgeon - The headmaster's merciful wife who frequently reminds him to be less strict. She is very forgiving of Bruno and Boots and their pranks. Mr. Alex (Coach) Flynn - The physical education teacher and coach, and the housemaster in"
"currently read online on GoComics. The strip takes place in a port town called Westfinster. Heathcliff as seen in the strip is predisposed to annoying Mr. Schultz, the manager of the local fish store, called the Elite Fish Market; tipping over, and much more often somersaulting garbage cans into the air, to the annoyance of the local sanitation workers; annoying the milkman to get milk (usually by tricking them into dropping a milk bottle or two); bothering the hard-working sailors who work on the Tuna Fleet; harassing and abusing the dog population; being an informant to the local Dog Catchers;"